# Panel tour: every VPSNine panel guide, in order

> A map of the VPSNine panel in the order you'll meet it, from signing up and ordering to the server's tabs, billing and your account, with a guide for each part.

Source: https://vpsnine.com/help/panel-tour · Updated: 2026-10-21

The VPSNine panel at [my.vpsnine.com](https://my.vpsnine.com/) is where you order, run and pay for your servers. This tour follows it in the order a new customer meets it, from sign-up to the last tab on a server's page, with the guide for each part.

## What you need

- Nothing yet. If you don't have an account, the tour starts there.

## 1. Before your first server

1. [Create your VPSNine account](https://vpsnine.com/help/create-an-account)
2. [Confirm your email address](https://vpsnine.com/help/verify-your-email): orders need it.
3. [Add your SSH keys](https://vpsnine.com/help/manage-ssh-keys-in-the-panel): how you'll log in to your servers.
4. [Turn on two-factor authentication](https://vpsnine.com/help/two-factor-authentication), or [sign in with a passkey](https://vpsnine.com/help/passkeys-and-security).

The [servers page](https://vpsnine.com/help/servers-dashboard) keeps a checklist of these until they're done.

[Screenshot: The top of the servers page with the Needs your attention box and the Set up your account checklist, 4 of 5 done] The servers page: what needs attention first, then the setup checklist while your account is new.

## 2. Ordering

1. [Choose a plan](https://vpsnine.com/help/choosing-a-plan) and [a distribution](https://vpsnine.com/help/choose-a-distribution).
2. Optionally pick a [one-click app](https://vpsnine.com/help/one-click-apps), [extra packages or a setup script](https://vpsnine.com/help/setup-scripts), [add-ons](https://vpsnine.com/help/add-ons) and a [root password](https://vpsnine.com/help/root-password).
3. [Order your first server, step by step](https://vpsnine.com/help/order-your-first-server): the order form from the first step to the review.
4. [Pay the invoice](https://vpsnine.com/help/payment-methods), with Bitcoin, PayPal or account credit.
5. [What happens when you order a server](https://vpsnine.com/help/what-happens-when-you-order): the whole path, and how billing works after.

## 3. The first minutes

1. [Watch your server build](https://vpsnine.com/help/watch-your-server-build): the live timeline, and what to do if SSH doesn't answer.
2. [Connect to your server with SSH](https://vpsnine.com/help/connect-with-ssh)
3. [Your server's first hour: a checklist](https://vpsnine.com/help/first-hour-checklist)

## 4. Every day: your servers

1. [Your servers dashboard](https://vpsnine.com/help/servers-dashboard): needs attention, filters, tags and the table view.
2. [The server overview page](https://vpsnine.com/help/server-overview): state, addresses, usage at a glance, status cards and events.
3. [Search, shortcuts, names and tags](https://vpsnine.com/help/panel-search-and-shortcuts): press `/` to find anything and act on it.

[Screenshot: The command palette showing the actions for the server Website: open it, console, reboot, stop, take a snapshot, snapshots, firewall, reverse DNS and add-ons] Press / and type a server's name, then the right arrow: everything you can do with it, from the keyboard.

## 5. A server's tabs, left to right

The tabs under every server's header, in the order the panel shows them:

| Tab | Guide |
| --- | --- |
| Overview | [The server overview page](https://vpsnine.com/help/server-overview) |
| Console | [Use the serial console](https://vpsnine.com/help/serial-console) |
| Snapshots | [Snapshots](https://vpsnine.com/help/snapshots), and the [automatic schedule](https://vpsnine.com/help/snapshots#automatic-snapshots) |
| Firewall | [Use the panel firewall](https://vpsnine.com/help/server-firewall) |
| Alerts | [Notifications and resource alerts](https://vpsnine.com/help/notifications-and-alerts) |
| Reverse DNS | [Set reverse DNS for your server](https://vpsnine.com/help/reverse-dns) |
| Add-ons | [Add-ons](https://vpsnine.com/help/add-ons) |
| Rescue | [Rescue mode](https://vpsnine.com/help/rescue-mode) |
| Settings | [Server settings](https://vpsnine.com/help/server-settings), [Reinstall a server](https://vpsnine.com/help/reinstall-a-server) and [Cancel or delete a server](https://vpsnine.com/help/cancel-a-server) |

[Screenshot: The header of a server's page with its state, name, plan, tags, IPv4 address and power keys, and the row of tabs from Overview to Settings below] The header and tabs are the same on every page of a server.

## 6. Billing

1. [Account credit, top-ups and invoices](https://vpsnine.com/help/account-credit-and-invoices)
2. [What happens if a renewal isn't paid](https://vpsnine.com/help/unpaid-renewal)
3. [The 14-day money-back guarantee](https://vpsnine.com/help/money-back-guarantee)
4. [Cancel a server](https://vpsnine.com/help/cancel-a-server)

## 7. Your account and team

1. [Notifications and resource alerts](https://vpsnine.com/help/notifications-and-alerts): what reaches you, and how.
2. [Sessions and activity](https://vpsnine.com/help/sessions-and-activity)
3. [Teams](https://vpsnine.com/help/teams): invite people, with the role each needs.
4. [Webhooks](https://vpsnine.com/help/webhooks), [API tokens](https://vpsnine.com/help/api-tokens), the [API quickstart](https://vpsnine.com/help/api-quickstart) and [the vps9 command line](https://vpsnine.com/help/install-the-vps9-cli), to do all of the above from code or a terminal.
5. [Support and service status](https://vpsnine.com/help/service-status)

## When something goes wrong

- SSH won't connect: the [serial console](https://vpsnine.com/help/serial-console), then [rescue mode](https://vpsnine.com/help/rescue-mode).
- A change broke the server: [revert to a snapshot](https://vpsnine.com/help/snapshots#revert-to-one).
- The server may have been broken into: [What to do if your server is compromised](https://vpsnine.com/help/what-to-do-if-compromised).
- A payment went wrong: [Payment methods](https://vpsnine.com/help/payment-methods#a-payment-went-wrong).

## Next steps

Start at the top if you're new: [create your account](https://vpsnine.com/help/create-an-account). Already have a server? Go straight to [the first-hour checklist](https://vpsnine.com/help/first-hour-checklist).

## Doing it on VPSNine

The plans the panel sells are on [vpsnine.com/plans](https://vpsnine.com/plans), the apps on [vpsnine.com/apps](https://vpsnine.com/apps) and the systems on [vpsnine.com/os](https://vpsnine.com/os).